What cancer?
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mikvance — 20 years ago(December 30, 2005 09:52 PM)
She could have gotten treatment, children be damned she would have been alive and possibly adopted. Damn, reminds me of how Jim Henson died refusing treatment. Damn you Michelle R.I.P. you stole your beauty away from us
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ameeraana — 20 years ago(February 26, 2006 10:55 AM)
On December 22, 1998, the young and talented actress died of a rare form of stomach cancer called intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor, an illness she kept secret for many months. This rare form of cancer is usually only found in adolescent boys. She was diagnosed in August of 1997. She refused treatment up until she fell term238inally ill. The day of her passing, her former boyfriend Malcolm Jamal Warner was at her bedside.
taken from: "Family Matters" Actress Dies From Stomach Cancer
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GoldieGirlie — 20 years ago(March 03, 2006 11:19 AM)
It could have been both b/c cancer does have the capability to spread to other areas of the body.
I had an uncle that had prostate cancer and even though he had it treated it spread to his stomach before he died.
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bargainholic — 17 years ago(August 23, 2008 01:31 AM)
I seem to remember our local news stating she was diabetic and I thought she died too young from complications. How sad her closest buds and family couldn't talk her into treatment and being a mom in a less traditional matter. (Adoption, freezing eggs, surrogate mother, etc) RIP, people still care.
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datphoolishboi21 — 18 years ago(August 23, 2007 01:56 PM)
don't remember which one it was, but i do know that she refused to get treatment for it because it would've interefered with either her doin the show or maybe side effects. i just know she refused to get it.
"I don't wanna marry her for her money, but I don't know how else to get it!" -
Jay-Jay-RD — 18 years ago(September 09, 2007 04:06 PM)
She refused treatments because she wanted to have children before she died. Ironically, she died before she could have children.
RIP Judith Eva Barsi
RIP Heather O'Rourke
RIP Jonathan Brandis
RIP Michelle Thomas
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TGGuy — 18 years ago(October 17, 2007 10:03 AM)
OK, I just read all these posts and they have a lot of conflicting information.
She died of a very rare, very deadly cancer. It's called a desmoplatic small round cell sarcoma and can occur in virtually any part of the body - her's occured in her abdomen (near her stomach and ovaries, which is probably part of the confusion).
It was likely quite large when it was detected, meaning she had a poorer prognosis than most.
Even aggressive treatment with drugs and surgery probably wouldn't have increased her chances of surviving more than 3 years to 20%.
Any patient diagnosed with cancer must choose what treatment they would prefer. The choice for her was no treatment which would mean a couple of years of mostly normal living with an almost certain difficult death at the end versus maybe 3 years of difficult hospital stays, rounds of draining chemotherapy (causing weight loss, hair loss, stomach upset and likely infertility) and only a slight chance she would survive.
Other cancers have a better survival rate with treatment and then patients are more likely to accept the risks and dangers of chemo and surgery.
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eugenelavery — 18 years ago(January 03, 2008 10:16 AM)
She did die of intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor. It is a rare form of cancer almost always found in young-adults. It is hard to diagnose as it is often mistaken for ovarian cancer. I think this has led to some thinking she died of ovarian cancer.
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MeNoAngel — 17 years ago(June 02, 2008 11:11 PM)
The tumor didn't grow, it spreaded. She was Diagnosed with the cancer at a very early stage because her Doctor advised her to have her ovaries removed and get treatment which she refused both. In most cases, once the cancer spreads the patient won't have the surgery and they'll just deal with the treatment but the odds of surving are 10 to 20 percent.
Other cases, a person can refuse the surgery in the early prognosis but still get the treatment but there survivial chances are 20 to 40 percent which is better of .
If Michelle would had gotten the treatment in the early stage and had the surgery, she would be alive to this day.
*My Cousin had Stomach Cancer and she was diagnosed with it in December of 2007. At first she refused to have the surgery but her parents forced her to do it while she still can and after months of treatment, she is cancer free as of June 2008. -
Cheddar — 17 years ago(October 26, 2008 08:13 PM)
kb00000002004 said "If Michelle would had gotten the treatment in the early stage and had the surgery, she would be alive to this day."
You can hardly know that. She might be but based on the statistics for that type of cancer, it's a distinct possibility that she wouldn't.
Yes, she would have increased her chances of being alive now if she'd received treatment. But that's as much as you can say with any degree of certainty. -
Tofutti_Klein — 18 years ago(January 24, 2008 07:55 PM)
I can't believe this! I am so late. THIS death breaks my hear, not to mention the fact that I am nearly ten years too late. I grew up watching her on
Family Matters,
and I still watch her on
The Cosby Show
. I can't believe that she and Malcolm were really a couple. I'm shocked and hurt about her death. Heathe, Marc (
Roseanne
) and now MichelleMyra/Justine. Damn it!
Don't blame me for your LIMITED intellect, slow wit, and irrationality.